West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-04-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The Chief Burgomaster of Berlin gets
salary equivalent to about So, 500 per
ennum OF our money, exclusive of an al
lowance for rent.
Malviri Bey, the new Turkish Min
lister to this country, is said to be the
master of six modern European lam
guages. lie prefers English to all the rest
A postmaster at Cope, Ind, mas re-
signed, but the rush for the succession
Is not likely to be great. His salary
amounted to cents less than halt dollar
for the month Of March.
Mr.. G. II. Spurgeon, the London
preacher, was recently invited to come
owe. and address the North Carolina
Teachers Assembly, but declined, saw
ing that he was chained TO tho oar in
his work at home.
One Of the oldest men in Government
service is Captain J. N. Easton, Of
Charleston, ILL.,, who has lately been
made Indian Agent at Devils Lake.
Dakota. lie is 80 years old, and was
friend of Abraham Lincoln.
II is related by the Winsted. Conn.
Herald that lately, while Mrs. Colonel
Nathaniel smith, of Woodbury., was in
attendance upon a public meeting in tho
town hall. she was suddenly impresse d
that she must return home, and did 90.
arriving there just in time to prevent
the destruction of her house by fire.
A large number Of images of ANGELS
and saints having been introduced into
the Cathedral of st. Giles. at Fdinbuyg
Scotland, a petition signed bv 500 resi-.
dents OF the parish, was recently pre-
senied to the Edinbure Presbytery. AJAX.
ing that tho courts should take stems IN
nave these images removed, as enioined
by the Bible and laws Of the national
church.
A few days ago John Workmep. a
farmer Of Chatham, Illinois. drew &c
600 from the bank preparatory to start
ing on cattle buying trim. Just before
he was to leave home a gentlemauly an.
peaDng man, who said that he was brv.
ing and, drove up and asked Workmen
TO show him over the farm. Workman
got IN the buggy, and the two men rode
together Soon an elegant two horse
rag came 70 the farm, bringing another
stylish-looking man, who claimed to be
an agent for the sale OF agricultural i'm 81
PIGMENTS. The three men engaged in
conversation for n while, and suddenly
the strangers seized WorkmeD. threw
him 10 the ground, end took from his
pockets $4,000 Ia money They sue
ceeded IN getting away before their vic
tim could give the alarm.
Mott Haven is now dcnscly popula.
ted part Of New York CITY. but 20
years ago VI was rural suburb. II
was about that time, says the New York
correspondent OF the PHILADELPHIA RE-,
ord, that Senator Plunkitt. the present
. Democratic representative IL the district
in the State Senate FIRST ran for the AZ.
semDly. Tie was defeated, and he laid
bis want Of success to the fact that tho
innumorable caravan OF goats ate of his
posters early In the canvass. At tho
moment Of his deepest despair a sympa-
thetic old Dutch woman came to him
with q word Of comfort. 'GeorOc. she
whispered Il tells you what YOU
does Ven you runs some more YOU
yust put a little dur9entino i'm dot paste
and de goats cad 10 not George re.
membored, and the next year, when hC
/ iearlessly ran again, the turpentine went
/ into the paste. The goats ate up all tn,
/ posters with which his adversary.
+ German by the name Of Fleeke. had lib
orally placardcd the district, but spared
The Plunktt bills, and be was elected
+ The Indignation Of his adversary wa
colossal by tam, he cried. dc poy
went back on me, and dot was b4d h1.
/ never dinks dat de tam goat, go baci
D on 8 Dutohman.'